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Frenchman rides into first Grand Tour lead on stage 4, overtaking Dane thanks to sum of stage positions

Last week, France summoned the Italian ambassador in a dispute that reveals the differences between Europeans over the security guarantees they would be prepared to provide to Ukraine in the event of a peace agreement.

France on Tuesday returned three skulls to Madagascar, including one believed to be a king who was beheaded by French troops following a massacre in August 1897.

Meghan and Harry are deeply in love, but who said the L-word first?

France is to sue the Australian streaming platform Kick for "negligence" after a French user died during a livestream earlier this month, a government minister said on Tuesday. In a separate announcement, French prosecutors said they had opened an investigation into the platform.

Photo finish between Frenchmen gives first leader's jersey to TotalEnergies rider

Lopsided scorelines were a theme of the opening weekend of the tournament but record attendances and engagement were reported

GC still super close as David Gaudu takes red leader's jersey from Jonas Vingegaard on countback

Lake Iro in Chad was in the news in early August 2025 after a picture taken by a NASA astronaut was published showing it looking like a large, circular silver mirror as sunlight reflected off its surface and into space. The phenomenon is known as a sunglint and can happen…

Minister says Australian platform ‘did not do everything possible to stop the broadcast of dangerous content’

France’s debt crisis has become the latest test of a fragile political system. Prime Minister François Bayrou is forcing a confidence vote that could bring down his government, echoing the turbulence that has dogged French politics since last year’s elections.